Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, July 30: A Sub Inspector of J&K Police was seriously injured after he was attacked by family members and relatives of a youth, whom the police party had gone to arrest at village Saj in Thannamandi last night.
Official sources said that a police party from Chowki Chora (Akhnoor), led by SI Ravi Kumar and four cops had gone to arrest a wanted accused Tariq Mehmood, son of Mohd Kabir at Saj village in Thannamandi at around 10 pm. The police party arrested the accused and they were bringing him to Rajouri in a hired vehicle. About a dozen family members and relatives of Tariq, chased the police vehicle in two separate vehicles and intercepted on the way. They attacked police party with lathis and stones. While the cops and accused managed to escape, the SI was caught by relatives and severely beaten up. Later, they escaped after partially damaging the vehicle.
Thannamandi police arrived the spot after coming to know about the matter and shifted the SI to hospital at Rajouri. He was referred to GMC Hospital Jammu during midnight. The police registered a case FIR No. 85/ 2017 against four identified accused and others, under sections 307, 341, 332, 225 B, 147, 353, 148 and 358 RPC at Thannamandi Police Station.
The police arrested three women namely Gulnaz Parveen, wife of Mohd Bashir, Sonia, wife of Tariq Mehmood, Abida Kouser, wife of Basharat Hussain. Accused and his brother Basharat, were absconding. The police said that some other accused have also been identified. Raids were being conducted to arrest them also.
Tariq Mehmood was wanted by Chowki Chora police in FIR No. 130/ 2017. His Eco vehicle had been detected on a camera during the offence few days back. He was booked under two sections but he has now been booked along with others under eight more sections for the attack on the police party and murderous attack on Police officer.
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